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In 1982, I was a young marketing person in a company in Mumbai. I had a very senior colleague
named Paul, who taught me how to
1 marketing effectively and how to deal with life
2 .
It was one of those
3 days…management, sales calls, planning my travel schedule, booking hotels,
arranging appointments and the
4 was endless. By the end of the day, I was not only exhausted but was
getting
5 . It was at this time that Paul invited me to his house to have a rest.
We made our way to Paul's house. Although
6 after a day's hard work, I was excited to chat with
Paul and
7 his rich experience in marketing. As we entered his house
8 the main door, Paul started
singing his favourite song, I have a dream. I was in no
9 to listen to his song. I only wanted to hear about how he handled
10 sales calls.
As I leaned over Paul's shoulder to tell him that, two young girls walked up to Paul and hugged him.
They couldn't walk steadily, and neither could they talk
11 , but their faces were full of
12 and they
also sang a song: No mummy's kisses only daddy's smiles; nobody wants us, and daddy hugs us tonight.
I was watching what was going on, totally
13 in the beautiful singing, when Paul tapped me on the
shoulder and asked me to sit down.
14 to know, I asked Paul who these girls were. To my
15 , Paul
told me they were his daughters and they were born as "
16 children" (mentally disabled). His wife died
and he was both Mother and Father to them.
I was moved to tears. In the office, no one knew what Paul was
17 in his personal life. He never
looked for
18 from his friends and colleagues. On the contrary, he always helped us at the office. And
being head of the Department, he always
19 us to move forward in life.
Paul's life has been a great
20 to me. If a man can smile through these troubles, nothing can prevent
him from achieving success in work or life.
( )1. A. do ( )2. A. calmly ( )3. A. busy ( )4. A. call ( )5. A. disappointed ( )6. A. worried ( )7. A. share ( )8. A. for ( )9. A. condition ( )10. A. grateful ( )11. A. properly ( )12. A. fear ( )13. A. caught ( )14. A. Curious ( )15. A. disappointed ( )16. A. talented ( )17. A. coming across ( )18. A. sympathy ( )19. A. allowed ( )20. A. confusion |
B. reduce B. cheerfully B. happy B. event B. excited B. tired B. celebrate B. into B. mood B. expensive B. freely B. scars B. lost B. Keen B. joy B. naughty B. going through B. opinions B. trained B. challenge |
C. learn C. hurriedly C. pleasant C. list C. refreshed C. discouraged C. collect C. through C. patience C. unlucky C. actively C. smiles C. stuck C. Strange C. relief C. special C. dealing with C. requirement C. forced C. inspiration |
D. handle D. quickly D. worrying D. order D. annoyed D. ashamed D. improve D. with D. situation D. troublesome D. slowly D. tears D. trapped D. Stubborn D. surprise D. homeless D. putting on D. friendship D. encouraged D. impression |